[PATCH net 2/6] ice: set in_use only after preparing Tx timestamp index

[Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>]

The ice_ptp_request_ts() function is used to request a timestamp index for
use with a packet. When reserving an index, it sets the start time and
saves a pointer to the skb into the appropriate index. The function marks
the in_use bit first before doing any of these steps. The IRQ handler which
clears the timestamps reads the in_use bits uses a lockless flow for
reading the in_use bits to determine which ones are in-use. This is
necessary as actually processing a complete timestamp must be able to sleep
so we cannot hold the timestamp tracker lock over the entire sequence.
Additionally, blocking the Tx hotpath with such a lock indefinitely would
be problematic.

However, the existing flow now has a very narrow window where the IRQ
handler could see a timestamp as in-use but read a stale value for its
"start" time.

Fix this by ordering the sequence to mark the in_use bit last, and add a
memory barrier to prevent re-ordering of the previous writes to setup the
index.

This was found and reported by Sashiko while reviewing an unrelated change.

Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260821-jk-e825c-minimized-fixes-v1-0-9d0731eb4858%40intel.com?part=7
Fixes: ea9b847cda64 ("ice: enable transmit timestamps for E810 devices")
Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c
index e6442b956aa9..48fde5561668 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c
@@ -592,6 +592,12 @@ static void ice_ptp_process_tx_tstamp(struct ice_ptp_tx *tx)
 		bool drop_ts = !link_up;
 		struct sk_buff *skb;
 
+		/* Paired with smp_mb__before_atomic() in ice_ptp_request_ts()
+		 * to ensure ordering the in_use bitmap and the indexed fields
+		 * in the tstamps array.
+		 */
+		smp_rmb();
+
 		/* Drop packets which have waited for more than 2 seconds */
 		if (time_is_before_jiffies(tx->tstamps[idx].start + 2 * HZ)) {
 			drop_ts = true;
@@ -2673,11 +2679,13 @@ s8 ice_ptp_request_ts(struct ice_ptp_tx *tx, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		 * a reference to the skb and the start time to allow discarding old
 		 * requests.
 		 */
-		set_bit(idx, tx->in_use);
-		clear_bit(idx, tx->stale);
 		tx->tstamps[idx].start = jiffies;
 		tx->tstamps[idx].skb = skb_get(skb);
 		skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags |= SKBTX_IN_PROGRESS;
+		clear_bit(idx, tx->stale);
+		/* Ensure index is setup before marking it as used */
+		smp_mb__before_atomic();
+		set_bit(idx, tx->in_use);
 		ice_trace(tx_tstamp_request, skb, idx);
 	}
 

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